This table is incomplete and possibly out of order.
The listed dates are for home games only. Dates for away games are unknown.

Heading into the 1966 baseball season, the Bulldogs returned three all-conference
players,
shortstop Rich Globokar, catcher Ed Kostyack, and first baseman Bob Ritley to
anchor a veteran squad that featured team speed and good hitting. Except for
inexperience in the pitching ranks, Coach Bauer was optimistic about
his team's chances of winning the Greater Cleveland Conference championship.

Garfield was in contention for the GCC crown for most
of the season, but all hopes for a championship faded when the Bulldogs dropped
four of five conference games late in the campaign to finish in second place
with a 5-5 conference record.

During the season, the Bulldogs were able to produce runs at will with homerun
power and timely hitting. During one three-game stretch, Garfield scored 28
runs on 39 hits to defeat Berea, Midpark, and Maple Heights. The slump began when
Eastlake North defeated Garfield 4-0. This loss in concert
with two costly defeats to eventual champion Bedford dropped the Bulldogs out
of
contention for the GCC crown.

Junior Frank Surace, who was Garfield's most effective pitcher, provided the
most memorable thrill of the season by hurling a near perfect no-hit shutout over
University School. In that game, Surace struck out 7 batters while yielding one
walk.

Senior Rich Globokar, who played for the varsity since his sophomore year,
led the
team in hitting with a .450 batting. Senior Dan Goedecke was second in hitting
with
a .326 average. Globokar and Goedecke tied for the team lead in RBI with 13.

Other seniors who played brilliantly during the season were Greg Severs, Bob
Ritley, Phil Monczewski, Bill Stautihar, Bruce Ceo, Ed Kostyack, and John Sero.

A number of players were named to the Dream Team of the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Rich Globokar was honored as the team's MVP at the All-Sports Banquet. The trophy
was donated by American Legion John Lawrence Post No. 304.

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Copied from the April-May, 1966 edition
of the Garfield Mirror.

Question: When to Steal ... Many times during a baseball game, a runner
takes a chance and steals a base -- possibly scoring the winning run. This important
part of the game has become quite an art, according to Frank Remesch, one of the
fastest men on the Garfield squad. When asked what tells him to leave base, he
said: "I watch the way the pitcher throws the ball. If he is very fast
in his wind-up, it makes it a lot harder to decide just when to go."

Ed Kostyack, now leading the team with 5 stolen bases, claims that the most
important thing is to get the jump on the pitcher.

Bill Stautihar, another fast man on the bags, revealed his theories on base
stealing: "First of all, you have to be fast. You must also watch how well
the catcher can make the throw to second. The most important think to watch is
the pitcher's form. When he steps forward, he can't stop his motion, so you make
the break. A big part of it, though, is luck!" -- and all three seemed to
agree on this.

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